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    Anatidae

    Rawlence, N.J., A.J.F. Verry, T.L. Cole, L.D. Shepherd, A.J.D. Tennyson, M. Williams, J.R. Wood, and K.J. Mitchell (2024) Ancient mitogenomes reveal evidence for the Late Miocene dispersal of mergansers to the Southern Hemisphere Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (advance online...
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    Odontophoridae

    Mota-Vargas, C., J. McCormack, and O. Rojas-Soto (2023) Geographic variation in morphology and plumage within the Long-tailed Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx macroura) The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 135: 457–466 doi: 10.1676/22-00041 The Long-tailed Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx macroura) is...
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    Late Pleistocene birds (and mammals) from the Kiliite Cave

    Boev, Z., N. Nedyalkov, D. Georgiev, and N. Spassov (2024) Late Pleistocene birds and mammals from the Kiliite Cave (central Stara Planina Mts – central North Bulgaria) Geologica Balcanica 53: 105–115 doi: 10.52321/GeolBalc.53.1.105 The studied fossil material of birds and mammals from a new...
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    Review of avialans from the Cretaceous of Antarctica

    Acosta Hospitaleche, C., F. Irazoqui, P. Bona, and A. Paulina-Carabajal (2024) Review of the Cretaceous avian diversity of Antarctica: a changing scenario for the evolution of early Neornithine birds Advances in Polar Science 35: 1–13 doi: 10.12429/j.advps.2023.0025 The worldwide record of...
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    Gruiformes and Charadriiformes

    Sangster, G. and J.A. Luksenburg (2024) Complete mitochondrial genome MK992912 of Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) is a chimera with DNA from Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva (Aves: Charadriiformes) Mitochondrial DNA Part B 9: 532–535 doi: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2342932 A complete...
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    Hirundinidae

    Chan, Y.-F., C.-W. Lu, H.-C. Kuo, and C.-M. Hung (2024) A chromosome-level genome assembly of the Asian house martin implies potential genes associated with the feathered-foot trait G3 (advance online publication) doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae077 The presence of feathers is a vital characteristic...
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    Turdidae

    Blain, S.A., H.C. Justen, W. Easton, and K.E. Delmore (2024) Reduced hybrid survival in a migratory divide between songbirds Ecology Letters 27: e14420 doi: 10.1111/ele.14420 Migratory divides, hybrid zones between populations that use different seasonal migration routes, are hypothesised to...
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    Vertebral morphology of Annakacygna

    Matsuoka, H., R. Seoka, and Y. Hasegawa (2024) Reexamination of the prepelvic vertebrae found in the holotype of Annakacygna hajimei (Aves, Anseriformes, Cygnini) revealed the adaptive morphology of vertebral column linked to the mode of life of the "ultimate bird" Bulletin of Gunma Museum of...
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    Ardenna buchananbrowni sp. nov.

    Tennyson, A.J.D., R.B. Salvador, B.M. Tomotani, and F.G. Marx (2024) A new diving Pliocene Ardenna shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand Taxonomy 4: 237–249 doi: 10.3390/taxonomy4020012 We report a new species of shearwater, Ardenna buchananbrowni sp. nov., from the Pliocene of New...
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    New specimen of Cuban macaw

    Zelenkov, N.V. (2024) Cuban macaw Ara tricolor in the Upper Pleistocene of western Cuba Doklady Biological Sciences (advance online publication) doi: 10.1134/S0012496624700947 The Cuban macaw Ara tricolor (Bechstein, 1811) is an extinct species of large parrots. Its historical distribution and...
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    Histochemical examination of Miocene ostrich eggshell

    Wu, Q., Y.-H. Pan, Z.-H. Li, Z.-H. Zhou, and A.M. Bailleul (2024) First histochemical examination of a Miocene ostrich eggshell with the oldest mineral-bound peptides Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication) doi: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240329 Because ancient proteins have a higher...
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    Spheniscidae

    McComish, B.J., M.A. Charleston, M. Parks, C. Baroni, M.C. Salvatore, R. Li, G. Zhang, C.D. Millar, B.R. Holland, and D.M. Lambert (2024) Ancient and modern genomes reveal microsatellites maintain a dynamic equilibrium through deep time Genome Biology and Evolution 16: evae017 doi...
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    Picidae

    Forest, T., G. Achaz, M. Marbouty, A. Bignaud, A. Thierry, R. Koszul, M. Milhes, J. Lledo, J.-M. Pons, and J. Fuchs (2024) Chromosome-level genome assembly of the European green woodpecker Picus viridis G3 (advance online publication) doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae042 The European green...
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    Sporophila

    Nguyen, T.N., M. Repenning, C.S. Fontana, and L. Campagna (2024) Genomic islands of speciation harbor genes underlying coloration differences in a pair of Neotropical seedeaters Evolution (advance online publication) doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpae051 Incomplete speciation can be leveraged to...
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    Accipitridae

    Previously a preprint, now formally published: Catanach, T.A., M.R. Halley, S. Pirro (2024) Enigmas no longer: using ultraconserved elements to place several unusual hawk taxa and address the non-monophyly of the genus Accipiter (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) Biological Journal of the Linnean...
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    Avian foraging traces from the Tanjung Formation

    Zonneveld, J.P., Y. Zaim, Y. Rizal, A. Aswan, R.L. Ciochon, T. Smith, J. Head, P. Wilf, and J.L. Bloch (2024) Avian foraging on an intertidal mudflat succession in the Eocene Tanjung Formation, Asem Asem Basin, South Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo Palaios 39: 67–96 doi: 10.2110/palo.2023.004...
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    Eocypselus geminus sp. nov., Eocypselus grandissimus sp. nov, and Eocypselus paulomajor sp. nov.

    Mayr, G. and A.C. Kitchener (2024) New fossils of Eocypselus and Primapus from the British London Clay reveal a high taxonomic and ecological diversity of early Eocene swift-like apodiform birds Ibis (advance online publication) doi: 10.1111/ibi.13323 We describe new specimens and species of...
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    Ontogeny of limb bone microstructure in king penguins with implications for penguin paleobiology

    Canoville, A., J.-P. Robin, and V. de Buffrénil (2024) Ontogenetic development of limb bone microstructure in the king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus (Miller, 1778), with considerations for palaeoecological inferences in Sphenisciformes Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (advance online...
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    Rallidae

    Chavez, D.E., T. Hains, S. Espinoza, R.K. Wayne, and J. Chaves (2024) Whole-genome analysis reveals the diversification of Galapagos rail (Aves: Rallidae) and confirms the success of goat eradication programs Journal of Heredity (advance online publication) doi: 10.1093/jhered/esae017 Similar...
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    Zhuchengornipes inquisitus ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov.

    Zhang, Y., Y. Sun, J. Chen, W. Cui, S. Chen, and Z. Wang (2024) A new avian footprint from the Lower Cretaceous in Zhucheng, Shandong Province Geological Review 70: 2024010011 doi: 10.16509/j.georeview.2024.01.022 There is a complete avian footprint (ZDRC. F3) preserved in the Lower Cretaceous...
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    Picidae

    The line of reasoning, from what I gather, is that downies may be able to be more aggressive than expected for their body size in part as a consequence of their resemblance to hairies (which are more socially dominant still).
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    Picidae

    That does make your position clearer, thank you for taking the time to elaborate. I don't speak for the authors, but I don't get the impression from their writing that they've presented the idea as anything more than a hypothesis (albeit one that they consider plausible based on circumstantial...
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    Neotropical savanna birds

    Lopes, L.E., L.P. Gonzaga, M. Rodrigues, and J.M.C. da Silva (2024) Distinct taxonomic practices impact patterns of bird endemism in the South American Cerrado savannas Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (advance online publication) doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae019 Identifying endemic...
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    Picidae

    I have no horse in this race, but both of your questions are discussed at length by the authors in the paper (the complete text for which can be found on ResearchGate). I'll quote what is probably the most relevant passage below:
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    Picidae

    See also Leighton et al. (2018) on the possibility that downy woodpeckers mimic hairies.
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